Illustration #37 (Patreon)

Hello! Here's this month's picture! While tentacles aren't at the top of my list of interests, I was happy to make this one, because their swirly shapes are fun to draw and can make interesting compositions in a painting! I'm also kind of happy with how the colors turned out! I hope you guys enjoy it. :) 

Rewards will be sent out on the usual schedule, in about a week!

I tried messing around a bit in Corel Painter again while making this one. Most of it was painted in Photoshop, but some of the polishing work was done in Painter, and the brushes there feel amazing. It's a shame other tools in Painter, like the selection/masking tools and color adjustments, feel kind of dated compared to the ones in Photoshop. Sending a painting back and forth between the two programs isn't too bad though, and gives me the best of both, so I'll probably keep doing that!

Thanks, everyone, for doing the survey I sent out earlier this month by the way! I got a lot of interesting answers from you guys. :) For example, time lapse videos aren't that popular. And a majority of you are in it for the high resolution images. That's cool. :)

Some of you have probably noticed that the growth of my Patreon page has leveled out a bit, and I'm tempted to make some changes to rewards to encourage more people to sign up. The answers you guys gave in the survey will come in handy for making informed decisions if I do start making changes. But I can't promise anything yet! Making changes to how I make a living is scary, you know? :) So don't expect anything to happen very soon. But I will do my best to ensure any potential changes will be positive for everyone.

If you guys have thoughts about that, feel free to share them! Either in the comments here, or send me a private message. :)

Speaking of sending messages, I also noticed in the survey some of you said you enjoy having the opportunity to chat with an artist you like. That's great! I could probably do a better job of interacting with you guys here on my Patreon page. However, I hope every one of you who is interested in having a chat will visit my live stream where we very regularly hang out and talk while I work on illustrations. I'm always happy to see you guys there. :) You should also always feel free to send me private messages if you have questions or just want to talk! I know some of you are shy. Don't let that stop you.

As always, super-thanks to every one of you for supporting me in doing this stuff. I'm excited to start working on the next illustration. :)